Top job! Senior Charge Nurse
- Full time
- £52,261 – £59,573
- On site: Kinross
- Closing 6th April 2026
- Advertised from 25th March 2026
- 37.5 hours per week
Role
Are you a compassionate and experienced community nurse leader ready to take the next step in your career? Community support for children and families is evolving and growing rapidly, and home is increasingly becoming families preferred place of care. The addition of a third Senior Charge Nurse (SCN) community role within CHAS demonstrates our commitment to supporting this need and providing leadership as services develop and we work towards transforming the experience of children’s palliative care across Scotland.
About the Role
As a Senior Charge Nurse, you’ll be a visible leader, responsible for the coordination and delivery of safe, high-quality, holistic, person-centred care for children and young people with life-shortening conditions. You’ll lead clinical practice, enhance patient experience, manage team performance, and contribute to CHAS’s strategic goals. You’ll also participate in our nurse on-call rota and hold the role of registered manager under Care Inspectorate regulations.
“Working with CHAS provides a unique opportunity to support children and families to make the most of their precious time together; as a team, we make extraordinary things happen every day.”
About You
To thrive in this role, you’ll bring:
- Paediatric Nursing Degree / Registered Nurse (Child), Registered Nurse (Learning Disability) (Master’s level study is an advantage)
- Extensive experience in senior nursing roles (NHS Band 6 or above) (Community experience an advantage)
- Expertise in children’s palliative and end-of-life care
- Proven leadership and service development experience
- Strong clinical skills in paediatric complex care
- Track record of supporting change management in teams
- A passion for quality improvement and collaborative working
Why CHAS?
Working with CHAS provides a unique opportunity to support children and families to make the most of their precious time together; as a team, we make extraordinary things happen every day.
Our children’s palliative care nurses report great satisfaction in being able to provide high quality nursing care in a supportive team with exciting career development opportunities.
Some of the benefits you can expect to receive from working with CHAS:
- The opportunity to pay into an existing NHS scheme or membership of local government pension scheme
- Enhanced pay for unsocial hours and overtime
- Generous annual leave entitlement (matched to current service-based enhanced entitlement with NHS, up to a maximum of 40 days)
- Ability to offer choice around preferred place of care and support
- Opportunities for further learning and development
- Access to a range of tools to support wellbeing
- The opportunity to work within a multi-disciplinary team which includes volunteers
- Working within an experienced and supportive team,
- Free on-site parking.
- Commitment to support clinical skills to enable development and support collaborative working across all health and social care settings.
Application notes
For further information and to apply, please visit our website.
Top job! Associate Director, Scotland
- Full time
- £66,000
- Remote: Home-based, Scotland. However, travel and overnight stays within the UK will be required as part of this role.
- Closing 5th April 2026
Finding strength through support
The Stroke Association is the UK’s leading charity providing lifelong support for all stroke survivors and their families. We provide tailored support to tens of thousands of stroke survivors each year. This support includes one-to-one and group support, funding vital scientific research into stroke prevention, acute treatment, recovery and long-term care, and campaigning to secure the best care for everyone affected by stroke.
We’re here for stroke survivors and their loved ones, from the moment they enter the new and frightening post-stroke world, supporting them every step of the way as they find their strength and their way back to life.
It’s only thanks to the generosity of our supporters and donors that we can provide vital support.
Stroke Association is driven by our ambition to improve the lives of everyone affected by stroke. This means we’re determined to create an equitable and inclusive workplace that benefits from the difference, and thrives on the diversity, of our people. Guided by Our approach to solving inequity in stroke, we are prioritising listening to, and learning from, lived experience across our charity.
We are working to improve the representation of this lived experience at all levels within the Stroke Association, and we are eager to recruit applicants from a variety of communities and backgrounds. We are keen to receive applications from people affected by stroke, people of colour, members of LGBT+ communities, and disabled people because these identities and experiences are underrepresented and would add enormous value to how we work.
We are a Disability Confident employer, and we are making great progress focusing on flexible working, reasonable adjustments and access to work. Our charity has a variety of staff network groups, and we're committed to continuously improving our diversity and inclusion efforts. If you have questions, or access needs, we’re happy to discuss any support and adjustments we can make throughout the recruitment process so that you’re able to contribute your best in a way that meets your needs.
We’re looking for an exceptional systems leader to drive our work across Scotland and ensure people affected by stroke have the support they need to rebuild their lives. You’ll shape and deliver our vision for Scotland, focusing on what matters most to stroke survivors and ensuring our work has real, measurable impact.
In this influential role, you’ll build strong relationships across health and social care, Scottish Parliament and Government, and the wider stroke community. You'll bring deep understanding of the Scottish context and ensure our work is grounded in the lived experience of stroke survivors and their families.
Key responsibilities will include:
• Lead the Stroke Association’s strategic direction and impact in Scotland, ensuring people affected by stroke receive high quality support.
• Build and manage relationships with key health, social care and political stakeholders, acting as a credible and respected systems leader.
• Adapt organisational priorities for Scotland and ensure effective delivery through strong planning and performance oversight.
• Lead and develop the Scotland team, addressing capacity needs and building volunteer capability to meet local priorities.
• Strengthen partnerships across the stroke community to improve access to support and tackle health inequalities.
• Lead engagement in local policy and pathway development, influencing improvements at health board level.
You will have:
• Significant senior-level experience in advocacy and influencing, including shaping policy change in values-driven, social-impact contexts within Scotland’s health and social care sector.
• Substantial experience developing and managing senior-level relationships across partner organisations, using strong negotiation skills and sound political judgement.
• Experience leading complex organisational change and transformation, ensuring people-centred and sustainable outcomes.
• Strong understanding of the Scottish health and social care landscape, including Parliament, Government, influencing systems, and awareness of UK-wide legislative procedures.
• Ability to balance local, national and UK-wide organisational priorities.
To fulfil the role, you must live in Scotland and have the right to work in the UK. This role requires travel and overnight stays across the UK. Candidates must be able to demonstrate how they can meet this requirement of the role.
Admin/Resource Worker
- Part time
- £23,843 pro-rata
- On site: Whyteman’s Brae Hospital, Kirkcaldy
- Closing 3rd April 2026
Are you looking for a role in which you will help to improve the lives of families in your community and beyond? One that encourages you to share your expertise, build new skills and feel valued by colleagues, clients and the organisation you work for?
We are looking for a part-time Admin/Resource Worker to join our Fife service.
This is an exciting time to join Scottish Huntington’s Association with the launch of Standing Tall: A Strategy For Growth 2023 - 28 to transform the care and support of Huntington’s families.
It follows two years of expansion in specialist teams, increased funding, a rise in media engagement, growth in parliamentary support for our work, and the success of our ground-breaking Dance 100 events.
Providing support to the Huntington’s Disease Specialist team in our Fife Service, the part-time Admin/Resource Worker has a key role to play in the specialist team which provides care management, specialist assessment and regular emotional support to individuals, and their families, throughout Fife. The service works in partnership with, and provides training and education to, local Health and Social Care teams, professionals and voluntary agencies involved in all aspects of Huntington’s disease care.
We invite applications from candidates with administration experience and excellent communication, IT and interpersonal skills. You will be competent in using databases and spreadsheets and have working knowledge of NHS IT applications and audio typing. You will also be able to carry out basic budgetary tasks, manage the HD Specialist team’s diary and take minutes of team meetings.
We are looking for someone who is enthusiastic, motivated and takes great pride in the work they do.
About Scottish Huntington’s Association
People impacted by Huntington’s disease need specialist services to cope with a severe and complex disease, the impact on families and a lack of awareness amongst health and social care providers and the wider public.
Scottish Huntington’s Association is the only charity in the country exclusively dedicated to providing expert and personalised support for those impacted by Huntington’s disease.
Our personalised support reduces unnecessary hospital admissions, supports carers and other family members; lowers household poverty; and alleviates wellbeing risks to children and young people living in Huntington’s families.
We are commissioned by NHS Boards and Health and Social Care Partnerships throughout the country to share our expertise with front line staff and build support for improved services and higher standards of care for every family impacted by this devastating disease.
About Huntington’s disease
Huntington’s disease is caused by an inherited faulty gene that damages the brain over time. People with the disease can eventually lose the ability to walk, talk, eat, drink and care for themselves, requiring specialist support from those who understand the condition.
The disease is genetic, meaning it is passed down from one generation to the next. It therefore impacts entire families over generations rather than individuals alone. Anyone with a parent who has Huntington’s has a 50% risk of inheriting the condition from them.
Around 800 people in Scotland are living with the symptoms of Huntington’s disease right now. A further 3200 are estimated to be at risk of developing Huntington’s disease as a result of inheriting the faulty gene.
What we offer
- Generous annual leave entitlement
- Increasing annual leave days to recognise long service (after 5 years)
- Contribution pension scheme
- Regular supervision
The Society provides financial support to people in their homes who are unable to work because of long term medical conditions. We have charitable status and manage Trust funds of over £5m which are used to provide grants and annuities.
We wish to appoint additional Trustees who will play an important role in leadership of the Society, setting its strategy and priorities and ensuring good governance.
The Society was established in 1805 and an updated Royal Charter was approved by the King in 2024 confirming our continuing mission of Home Support.
We will consider all applications and to maintain a diversity of skills, knowledge and experience on the Board and we are particularly interested in applications from individuals with any one of the following backgrounds:
- Community experience of long-term medical conditions including healthcare and social welfare backgrounds.
- Lived experience of long-term medical conditions either personal or as a carer
- Business and financial experience
We also particularly welcome applications from people of working age as this group is currently under-represented on our Board.
This is a voluntary role so not remunerated. Reasonable expenses may be paid in accordance with the Society’s policies.
If you would like to express your interest or find out more about the role, please email us with your contact details at SM-charity@azets.co.uk, and a member of our team will be delighted to contact you.
The Adult Counsellor will provide compassionate, person‑led emotional support to patients, families and carers affected by life‑shortening illness, grief and bereavement. Working within the Ayrshire Hospice Counselling and Bereavement Support Service, the post holder will assess individual needs, offer therapeutic counselling before and after bereavement, and support people as they navigate the emotional impact of illness, dying and loss.
As part of the multidisciplinary team, the post-holder will deliver high‑quality one‑to‑one, family and group support throughout all stages of the bereavement journey. They will contribute to the development of resources and programmes that enhance emotional wellbeing across the community, while working closely with the Spiritual Care Team and other hospice professionals to ensure holistic and integrated care.
By creating a safe, supportive and inclusive therapeutic space, the Counsellor will help individuals express their feelings, build coping strategies and move forward in a way that feels right for them.
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